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Symposium
Whither
Goes
Cuba?
Prospects for
Economic
& Social
Development
sponsored by the
University
of
Iowa
Center for
International
Finance
&
Development
and the
University
of Iowa
College of
Law
Friday,
February
6, 2004
University of Iowa College of Law, Levitt Auditorium*
8:00 A.M. Breakfast and Registration
8:35 A.M.
Welcome
§
Patricia Cain, Interim Provost, University of Iowa
8:45 A.M.
Introduction
to the
Symposium
§
Enrique Carrasco, Director, UICIFD
9:00 A.M. Opening Speaker
§
Wayne Smith, Head, Center for International Policy’s
Cuba Project
“An Overview
of U.S.-Cuban Trade: Prospects for the
Future and Its Importance to the U.S. Midwestern States”
10:45 A.M. Panel I: Cuba Today
§
Frederick Royce, University of Florida
“Agricultural Production Cooperatives: The Future of Cuban Agriculture?”
§
Colin Crawford, Georgia State University College
of Law
“The Environmental Implications of Foreign Tourism in Cuba in the 21st Century”
§
Paolo Spadoni, University of Florida
“U.S. Financial Flows in the Cuban Economy”
§
Anne Roschelle, SUNY New Paltz
“Gender, Work, and Family in Cuba: The Challenges of the Special Period”
Commentator: Mark Sidel, University of Iowa College of Law
Moderator: Pedro Zayas, Staff Member, UICIFD
12:45 P.M.
Lunch,
College of
Law
Student
Lounge,
Room
494
§
Adolfo Franco, United States Agency for International
Development
“U.S. Government
Support for a Future Transition Government in Cuba”
2:15 P.M.
Panel
II:
Cuba
&
Democratization:
Should
Sanctions
be
Lifted?
§
Keith Sealing, Syracuse University College of Law
“Cuba Is No Longer a ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’: Why the FSIA Sanctions Failed”
§
Josep Colomer, Center for Research and Teaching in
Economics
“Who Could End the Embargo?”
§
Pedro Freyre, Akerman Senterfitt
“Helms Burton: A Case Study in Legislating Foreign Policy”
Commentator: Marcella David, University of Iowa College of Law
Moderator: Sandra Paniagua, Managing Editor, UICIFD
4:15 P.M.
Panel
III:
Cuba’s
Future in a
Globalized
world
§
Larry Catá Backer, Pennsylvania State University,
Dickinson School of Law
“Cuban Corporate Governance at the Crossroads: Finessing the Tensions Between Cuban Marxism and Free Market Globalism”
§
Carmen Gonzalez, Seattle University School of Law
“Cuban Agriculture at the Crossroads: Is Neoliberalism Compatible with Food Security and Ecological Sustainability?”
§
Joseph Scarpaci, Virginia Tech
“Globalization and Work: Dollarizing the Economy, Remittances and Joint Ventures in Contemporary Cuba”
§
Enrique Carrasco, University of Iowa College of Law
“Globalization’s Impact on Cuba’s Legal Profession”
Commentator: Jon Carlson, University of Iowa College of Law
Moderator: Isaac Ruiz-Carús, Staff Member, UICIFD
7:00 P.M.
Reception
and
Banquet,
Iowa
Memorial
Union,
Iowa
Room
335
§
Keynote Speaker:
Berta Hernandez-Truyol, University of Florida College of Law
“Cuba: The Case for Linkages Between Trade and Human Rights”
Saturday, February 7, 2004
8:45 A.M.
Breakfast,
College of
Law,
Room
245
§
Sandra Paniagua, Managing Editor, UICIFD
§
Jake Wobig, Editor in Chief, Journal of Transnational
Law & Contemporary Problems
§
Dr. Javier Campos, University of Iowa Hospitals &
Clinics
“The Impact of the U.S. Embargo on Health Care in Cuba: A Clinician’s Perspective”
10:15 A.M.
Panel
IV:
Good
Governance:
Assessing
Cuba’s
Approach
§
Erik Luna, University of Utah College of Law
“State of Control: Criminal Justice in Cuba”
§
Andy Gomez, Institute for Cuban & Cuban American
Studies, University of Miami
“Political Transition and Social Transformation: The Ideological and Psychological Reconstruction of Human Values in Russia—Lessons for Cuba”
§
Professor Berta Hernandez-Truyol, University of Florida
College of Law
“Out in Left Field: The Challenges of Good Governance in Cuba”
Commentator: John Reitz, University of Iowa College of Law
Moderator: Joshua Startup, Staff Member, UICIFD
12:15 P.M.
Lunch,
College
of
Law
Student
Lounge,
Room
494
§
Pedro Freyre, Akerman Senterfitt
“Cuba: National Reconciliation”
1:45 P.M.
Panel
V:
Cuba’s
Future and its
impact
on
U.S.
Trade
and
Investment
§
Daniel Erikson, Inter-American Dialogue
“The Future of American Business in Cuba”
§
José Alvarez, University of Florida
“Policy Prescriptions for the Cuban Agriculture of the Future”
§
Professor James Ross, University of Florida
“Impact of Potential Changes in U.S.-Cuba Relations on Midwest Agribusiness Trade and Investment”
§
Thomas Rial, Director, Iowa Export Assistance Center,
Greater Des Moines Partnership
“Seeing Beyond Castro: How American Agriculture Will Serve As A Catalyst for Social, Political, and Economic Change in Cuba and the United States”
Commentator: Jon Carlson, University of Iowa College of Law
Moderator: Diana Wagner, Staff Member, UICIFD
3:30 P.M.
Closing
Remarks
§
John Kavulich II, President, U.S.-Cuba Trade & Economic
Council, Inc.
The symposium is funded by the University of Iowa’s Department of International Programs, the University of Iowa College of Law, and Akerman Senterfitt.
* The symposium’s proceedings will take place in Levitt Auditorium, on the first floor of the College of Law, unless otherwise indicated.